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By John Picacio, on March 9th, 2010
Final cover art for Mark Chadbourn's THE DEVIL IN GREEN by John Picacio
Here’s my final cover illustration for the forthcoming Pyr edition of Mark Chadbourn’s THE DARK AGE: BOOK 1 / THE DEVIL IN GREEN. It’s the first book of the trilogy that follows Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE. The nice thing about THE DARK [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on February 17th, 2010
(L to R): Capricon 31 Guests of Honor: John Scalzi, John Picacio, Janice Gelb, Stephen Boucher
Capricon 31 announced its Guest of Honor lineup this week. John Scalzi will be Author Guest of Honor; John Picacio will be Artist Guest of Honor; and Janice Gelb and Stephen Boucher will be Fan Guests of Honor. The [Read it all...]
By John Picacio, on February 16th, 2010
THE WELL-BUILT CITY by John Picacio. Mixed-media shadowbox assemblage created as the cover art for Jeffrey Ford's trilogy of the same name.
I’m back home in SA from an amazing trip to one of the great American sf/f cons — Boskone in Boston, MA. I’m proud to say that my mixed-media assemblage triptych for Jeffrey [Read it all...]
By John Picacio, on January 12th, 2010
Cover illustration by John Picacio for Lauren Beukes' ZOO CITY.
Here’s my recently-completed cover illustration for Lauren Beukes‘ forthcoming novel ZOO CITY. Lauren is the author of one of 2009’s breakout hits, MOXYLAND. She describes ZOO CITY as an urban fantasy — “a muti noir set in a re-imagined Johannesburg. It’s the story of a [Read it all...]
By John Picacio, on January 4th, 2010
At the beginning of every New Year, I take one last look at my past year’s published work. It’s a time to take stock of my shortcomings, learn from mistakes, and hopefully do better in the coming months. Here’s a one-stop glance at my published art for 2009. Enjoy, and here’s to a better 2010 [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on January 1st, 2010
We started Missions Unknown on May 24th, 2009, looking to delve into the SF/F/H happenings in the Alamo City. Frankly, we’ve been amazed at some of the killer things we’ve seen this year. Once again we weigh in with the best of San Antonio’s SF scene and we even solicited some other opinions as well. [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on December 31st, 2009
With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite’s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER’s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on December 18th, 2009
When we saw on SF Signal that they were asking for your favorite SF/Fantasy book covers we knew we had to chime in with our picks. But then we realized that some of our favorite SF/F artists also did album covers and we realized we had to go there too. Today we present our picks [Read it all...]
By John Picacio, on December 3rd, 2009
Here's the slipcase cover for KNOWING DARKNESS. Art by Don Maitz.
KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING is massive and it’s here. It’s a gigantic art book published by Centipede Press, and it celebrates the full spectrum of visuals illustrating Stephen King’s books and media. Words can’t describe it, so I won’t even try. [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on November 26th, 2009
(l to r): Sanford Allen is grateful MOON didn't suck; John Picacio gives thanks for a Chesley Award win for his FF2 cover art; and Paul Vaughn is preparing for the first Thanksgiving on Mars.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it, from all of us here at Missions Unknown! Hope your day is filled [Read it all...]
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JOHN PICACIO is a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo
Award-nominated illustrator of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature.
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SANFORD ALLEN is a musician and author with more than
two dozen horror and dark fantasy stories published.
Sanford Allen | Boxcar
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PAUL VAUGHN AKA The Mac Guy is a graphic artist,
web designer, writer, consultant and all around techno-geek.
The Mac
Guy | Dingus Design |
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